Gstarron Wrote:Well as far as the Sr Classic goes... last year there were more riders than bikes..! I know of several riders that had no ride for this race. And when I was looking for a rider for my bike two years ago, I had a FLOOD of e-mail of riders, almost all of them top guys.. it was a difficult choice for me. Serveral of those guys never got a ride last year (in the Sr Classic) and that is sad indeed. So, how to get more bikes available..?

It's the old old story! There may be plenty of people who would ride if given a bike (hell, I probably would despite all my whingeing!) but being willing to put thousands of pounds into a lump of metal, lovingly prepare and maintain it all year and pay for a fortnight's running costs and suddenly the ugly question comes up "what am I going to get back from all this"

Not putting down those who still do go and race, I'm glad they do or we wouldn't be having this discussion! Paying a fortune to ship your bike across the pond qualifies you for special hero status too in my book (bet the MMCC don't help you with a penny of support either). However when you put in a load of your own time and money year after year you start to ask is it worth it knowing you'll never achieve what you could against the deep pockets boys. That's all I'm saying.